USS ''Perfecto'' (SP-86) was a motorboat that served in the

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during

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. She was built in 1917 by the Greenport Basin and Construction Company in Greenport,

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, and owned by J. J. Phelps of Hackensack,

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. She was acquired by the Navy on 22 June 1917 and placed in service on 25 June 1917. During World War I, ''Perfecto'' served in the

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, headquartered in

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. She patrolled the coastline for German

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. She was returned to her owner, Phelps, after the war ended on 18 February 1919.

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USS Perfecto (SP-86), 1917-1919
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